Notables

NOTABLES

* The Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton recently received several major contributions during its 1997-1998 fund campaign.

Frank and Rita Korf donated a gift of stock valued at $50,000. Another cash gift of $50,000 was also received by a donor who wished to remain anonymous.

* The Boca Raton office of Merrill Lynch recently donated $5,000 to Teen Love & Care, a fund-raising arm formed by a group of local teenagers for the Children's Cancer Caring Center located at Cleveland Clinic in Fort Lauderdale.

The Merrill Lynch Foundation has donated more than $5 million in support to charities benefiting children and families around the world.

The Children's Cancer Caring Center is a free treatment center for childhood cancer in the southeastern United States.

* Sergeant Kim Myers, a detective with the West Palm Beach Police Department, has been chosen as ``Officer of the Year'' by the Palm Beach County Police Chiefs' Association.

* Coast Guard Seaman apprentice James R. Vaneman, son of Ruth Lyons of West Palm Beach and Ronald Vaneman of Royal Palm Beach, recently graduated from the United States Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N.J.

He is a 1997 graduate of Wellington High School.

Marine Cpl. Matthew P. Longo, son of Jim and Donna Mathisen of Boca Raton, recently participated in ``Exercise Eager Mace,'' a multi-national exercise held in Kuwait, 20 miles from the Iraqi border. The exercise was designed to enhance the special operations capability of the Marine Expeditionary Unit.